CNN: X-Mas especially critical for X-Box.

**PhlegmMaster** · 23 Sep 2002, 09:55 PM

Originally posted by Saint of Killers
Hell, I'll be impressed if it sells over a 100,000 copies here.

Awww, don't be so pessimistic. I'm sure it will sell better than that... if only for the awesome graphics.

**burgundy** · 23 Sep 2002, 10:03 PM

In other news, this Christmas is especially critical for Santa Claus.

**Glass Joe** · 23 Sep 2002, 10:15 PM

Well if they get Halo 2 out at least the OXM will have something other then Halo 1 to talk about.

**Brisco Bold** · 23 Sep 2002, 10:16 PM

Hmm. Here's something I've been thinking about for the last couple of days:

Last year, the game that was supposed to push systems out the door was Metal Gear Solid 2, right? Remember, this was the game that magazines went ape-shit over when a new batch of photos was released. People imported the trailer!

Then, when release season came, what title ended up stealing the show? The out of nowhere hit GTA III. I'm thinking that maybe Microsoft has a title that might come from nowhere and push systems the way GTA III did. We're probably not paying attention to it cuz the hypes all over GTA:VC and Metroid.

Just a thought.

Oh well.

**SpoDaddy** · 23 Sep 2002, 10:17 PM

I think it'll be funny if Xbox is discontinued before Rare's first Xbox game is finished, and then Rare goes back to Nintendo bitching about how they have all this nearly finished stuff on a console they can't work on anymore (deja vu)